Adventure in NARNIA (37)

Adventure in NARNIA (37)

" Why not now ? " said Edmund.
His face had become very red and his mouth and fingers were sticky.
He did not look either clever or handsome, whatever the Queen might say.

" Oh, but if I took you there now, "said she, " I shouldn't see your brother and your sisters. I very much want to know your charming relations. You are to be the Prince and -later on - the King; that is understood. But you must have courtiers and nobles. I will make your brother a duke and your sisters duchesses. "

" There's nothing special about them, " said Edmund, " and anyway, I could always bring them some other time. "

" Ah, but once you were in my house, " said the Queen, "you might forget all about them. You would be enjoy yourself so much that you wouldn't want the bother of going to fetch them. No, You must go back to your own country now and come to me another day, with them, you understand.  It is no good coming without them. "

"But I don't even know the way back to my own country, " pleaded Edmund.

"That's easy, " answered the Queen.
" Do you see that lamp ? "
She pointed with her wand and Edmund turned and saw the same lamp-post under which Lucy had met the Faun.

" Straight on, beyond that, is the way to the World of Men. "       

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皆様へ。
最初に申し上げましたように、
昨年11月に原作の著作権期間が満了し、著作権がきれたことを契機に、ナルニア国物語の「The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe」をAdventure in Narnia として連載しているのですが、これまでのところは原作と全く同一で言い換えなどはしておりません。
少し長く、複雑な文も、そのままお出ししています。
ここまでは、飛ばしたり言い換えたりしますと原作の雰囲気が壊れるため、原文通り転記しています。

しかし、１日１分では、原作の「巻」一冊全部をそのまま写す企図ではなく、途中のどこかで章などを飛ばしたり途中で終了する予定なのです(その場合は明記します)。
少し面倒な表現部分はありますが、しばらく、おつきあいくださいますよう、お願い申し上げます。
もうしばらくしますとEdmund はLucy と再会するのですが、ただ、残念ながら、アスランはなかなか出てきません。
では　また。